I clicked on "Report a Problem" but nothing happenedAnyway, I want to ask about the following:
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Paula ne pense pas grand-chose de l'environnement
Paula doesn't think much of the environment
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". . . doesn't think much of the environment" seems neither correct nor natural. Normally, when one contemplates a matter (or chooses not to), one "thinks about X."
If instead one wishes to indicate his/her opinion of X, and specifically wishes to suggest a negative opinion, one might say he/she "does not think much about X," where X could be a book, a movie, a teacher etc. In other words, X is things subject to subjective opinions.
Thus, in the example above, X as a subjective matter does not normally include the environment, which simply just is (i.e., we don't have subjective opinions about water, air or the sun, which just are, like the environment).
So, in the example, what is Paul really trying to say? Does she perhaps not think much the environment, as in not thinking much about environmental issues like pollution, climate change etc?
If instead the example was:
Paula ne pense pas grand-chose des activistes environnementaux = Paula doesn't think much of environmental activists,
that would make sense.
In my quiz I have a question:
Which of the following are correct?
la sœur
l'oncle
le écharpe
l'souris
And this lesson is mentioned as "explain this". Whilst the lesson really explains usage of le / la, in this case it does not make any sense because I previous lessons did not have either of those four words, so a student just doesn't know what those words mean.
Really useful rules & exceptions lists to help structure my thinking. Thanks.
trying to make sense of these rules.. it seems to go like this:
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Anyway, I want to ask about the following:
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Paula ne pense pas grand-chose de l'environnement
Paula doesn't think much of the environment
- - - - - -
". . . doesn't think much of the environment" seems neither correct nor natural. Normally, when one contemplates a matter (or chooses not to), one "thinks about X."
If instead one wishes to indicate his/her opinion of X, and specifically wishes to suggest a negative opinion, one might say he/she "does not think much about X," where X could be a book, a movie, a teacher etc. In other words, X is things subject to subjective opinions.
Thus, in the example above, X as a subjective matter does not normally include the environment, which simply just is (i.e., we don't have subjective opinions about water, air or the sun, which just are, like the environment).
So, in the example, what is Paul really trying to say? Does she perhaps not think much the environment, as in not thinking much about environmental issues like pollution, climate change etc?
If instead the example was:
Paula ne pense pas grand-chose des activistes environnementaux = Paula doesn't think much of environmental activists,
that would make sense.
You have used une in vous êtes une artiste but as i learnt from you that don't use un or une before any profession
Hi, what specifically triggered the subjunctive in “ Depuis, impossible de trouver une position qui puisse soulager la douleur.”?
Over time I’ve built a list of “subjunctive triggers” and all of them are of the format “[something] que”, but there’s no “que” in this case.
How to form interrogative?
When I have done well on a quiz, there is often a comment regarding what I have "won". "Someone won something!" or, " Look at all you've won!" I was just wondering what am I winning or what have I won, and where is it being kept?
"Enfin, les amateurs d'histoire apprécieront le Vieux Bordeaux"
I thought enfin was used when an expected result occurs (foreseeable outcome) and finalement was used for an unexpected result (unforeseeable outcome). Is there a better way to keep these two words straight? In the above sentence, how would a visitor to Bordeaux know what to expect before actually seeing the city?
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